Welcome to the Faculty of Education

About

Founded in 1945, the Faculty of Education has created a comprehensive and integrated talent cultivation system, covering undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral programs, through the efforts of multiple generations of scholars. Currently, the Faculty has an enrollment of over 1,600 full-time students, comprising around 700 undergraduates, over 300 academic master’s students, more than 200 full-time professional master’s students, over 400 doctoral students, and over 30 international students. The Faculty has made significant strides in talent development, scientific research, social services, international exchanges, and cultural inheritance and innovation. Its efforts have produced numerous exceptional teachers, educational management officials, and specialists in educational science research for the nation.

Faculty

Currently, the Faculty has over 100 full-time faculty members, including more than 40 professors, nearly 100 teachers holding doctoral degrees. Among them, more than 50 teachers have overseas study experience. Among the faculty, there are chief national experts. Professors such as Hao Wenwu, Fu Gangshan, Li Hongwu, Chen Xiaoduan, Si Xiaohong, Chen Peng, Li Sen, etc. hold important academic positions in various national organizations, including the Chinese Society of Education, the China Association of Higher Education, the Chinese Society for the History of Education in Local Areas, the Higher Education Teaching Steering Committee of the Ministry of Education, and the Professional Steering Committee for Basic Education and Teaching of the Ministry of Education.

Programs

The Faculty has made significant achievements in the development of academic disciplines and majors, with  master’s and doctoral degrees in Education, as well as professional doctoral degrees in Education. Moreover, it hosts a post-doctoral research station in Education. There are four undergraduate majors, among which education, preschool education, and educational technology are national-level first-class undergraduate majors, and special education is a provincial-level first-class undergraduate major. The Preschool Education major also takes charge of the “Excellent Teacher Education Program Reform Project” initiated by the Ministry of Education. The Faculty has been approved for more than 10 national-level excellent open courses. It has received five national-level teaching achievement awards, etc.

Research

The Faculty currently has 10 provincial and ministerial-level research institutions, including the discipline innovation and talents introduction base for “Intellectual Capital Cultivation and Think Tank Construction in Improvised Rural Areas in Western China” funded by the Ministry of Education and the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs, the Basic Education Curriculum Research Center of Shaanxi Normal University of the Ministry of Education, the Education Legislation Research Base of the Ministry of Education, and the Northwest Basic Education and Teacher Education Research Center. Anchored in cutting-edge academic research and guided by significant national theoretical and practical issues, the Faculty has focused on refining its research fields, including “Research on Rural Education based on Educational Equity”, “Research on Education Governance and Policy Supply”, “Research on Teacher Education and Professional Development”, “Research on Deep Integration of Information Technology and Teaching”, and “Research on Education in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region”, etc.

Partnership

The Faculty places great emphasis on international exchange and cooperation. Through academic exchanges, international conferences, enrollment of international students, and exchange programs, it has established cooperative relationships with prestigious foreign universities such as Stanford University, Columbia University, University of Pittsburgh, University of Wisconsin, Indiana University in the United States, University of Exeter in the United Kingdom, and Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. These collaborations have greatly enhanced the international profile of the education discipline.

Mission

In the new era, the Faculty of Education will aim to establish itself as a leading center for education research in Western China, achieve international excellence in the field of education, cultivate top-level education talent, and contribute to the development of education nationwide and in the region. With the development of world-class disciplines as the driving force, and based in Western China while serving the whole country and looking globally, the faculty will continuously strengthen its influence on education in Western China. It aims to become a major hub for education research in Western China and a cradle for the cultivation of outstanding teachers.